A full example of all possible time formats in Golang

time_format.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Times: ")
	t := time.Now()
	loc, err := time.LoadLocation("Asia/Jerusalem")

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("Opps: ", err)
		return
	}

	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM Mon - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/06 03:04:05 PM Jan"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM Da Mon - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/06 03:04:05 PM Mon Jan"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM Day Month - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/06 03:04:05 PM Monay January"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: d/m/y h:M:s PM - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("2/1/6 3:4:5 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: _d/m/y h:M:s PM - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("_2/1/6 3:4:5 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/06 03:04:05 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss PM - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 03:04:05 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss.ms PM - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 03:04:05.000 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss.000ms PM - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 03:04:05.000000 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss.000000ms PM - %s \n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 03:04:05.000000000 PM"))
	fmt.Printf("Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss TZName - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 15:04:05 MST"))
	fmt.Printf("Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 15:04:05 Z7"))
	fmt.Printf("Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 15:04:05 Z07"))
	fmt.Printf("Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss ZZ - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 15:04:05 Z0700"))
	fmt.Printf("Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z:Z - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 15:04:05 Z07:00"))
	fmt.Printf("Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z:Z - %s\n", t.In(loc).Format("02/01/2006 15:04:05 -07:00"))
}


/* Output:

Times: 
Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM Mon - 09/11/16 10:56:30 AM Nov 
Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM Da Mon - 09/11/16 10:56:30 AM Wed Nov 
Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM Day Month - 09/11/16 10:56:30 AM Monay November 
Format: d/m/y h:M:s PM - 9/11/6 10:56:30 AM
Format: _d/m/y h:M:s PM -  9/11/6 10:56:30 AM
Format: dd/mm/yy hh:MM:ss PM - 09/11/16 10:56:30 AM 
Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss PM - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 AM 
Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss.ms PM - 09/11/2016 10:56:30.952 AM 
Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss.000ms PM - 09/11/2016 10:56:30.952216 AM 
Format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss.000000ms PM - 09/11/2016 10:56:30.952216972 AM 
Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss TZName - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 IST
Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 Z7
Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 +02
Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss ZZ - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 +0200
Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z:Z - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 +02:00
Format dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss Z:Z - 09/11/2016 10:56:30 +02:00
*/

Thanks!

time.Now().Format("02-01-2006") works well for my use case.

Is this date 02-01-2006 fixed because when I am trying to use a date other than this (example 03-01-2006), I am getting false result.

Thanks!

time.Now().Format("02-01-2006") works well for my use case.

Is this date 02-01-2006 fixed because when I am trying to use a date other than this (example 03-01-2006), I am getting false result.

02-01-2006 is the format for mm-dd-yyyy rather then an actual date. It holds a place holder like that. For example 03 is the hour in "AM/PM" style, and 15 is the 24 hour way to display the hour (15 is 3 pm).

Packer hcl2 sample.

• builder: {{ isotime | clean_resource_name }}
• provisioner: {{ isotime \"2006-01-02T15-04-05Z07\" }}

2020-06-25T20-24-21Z

Posting this here because this gist has the best time zone samples.

hai.. thanks for sharing,
but how we can parse list of time with AM/PM?

for example :
1 AM
2:15 PM
2 PM

hai.. thanks for sharing, but how we can parse list of time with AM/PM?

for example : 1 AM 2:15 PM 2 PM

Look at documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/time#pkg-constants

There is the "Kitchen" layout to use with parse that do exactly what u need

At https://pkg.go.dev/time#Parse just use time.Kitchen:
t, _ = time.Parse(time.Kitchen, "2:15PM") <- no whitespace between time and PM

Ofc remember to check for errors when parsing (omitted for simplicity)